English Literature B AS and A-level Specification
PDF | 845.55 KB
AS English Literature B7716
2.0 Specification at a glance
This qualification is linear. Linear means that students will sit all the AS exams at the end of their AS course and all the A-level exams at the end of their A-level course.
Subject content
Core content:
- 3.1 Literary genres
Options:
- 3.1.1 Aspects of tragedy
- 3.1.2 Aspects of comedy
Assessments
| Paper 1: Literary genres: drama |
|---|
What's assessed Choice of two options Option 1A: Aspects of tragedy Option 1B: Aspects of comedy Study of one Shakespeare play and one further drama text |
Assessed
|
Questions Section A: one passage-based question on a Shakespeare text (25 marks) Section B: one essay question on a drama set text (25 marks) |
| Paper 2: Literary genres: prose and poetry |
|---|
| What's assessed Choice of two options Option 2A: Aspects of tragedyOption 2B: Aspects of comedy Study of one prose text and one poetry text |
Assessed
|
Questions Section A: one essay question on poetry set text (25 marks) Section B: one essay question on prose set text (25 marks) |